Police responding to downtown Seattle shooting

A man was injured after a shot was fired Thursday afternoon on a bus near Third Avenue and Seneca Street.

A ricochet hit the victim after the gun was fired accidentally, authorities said. A man was fidgeting with the firearm in his bag on Metro bus route 125 when it discharged and hit a window. He and a woman fled from the bus, but were stopped at gunpoint in the Metro transit tunnel, deputies said.

The man was arrested, the woman was detained. A gun was recovered at the scene.

The incident happened shortly after 1 p.m. Police stopped traffic on Seneca Street and Second and Third avenues. Route 125 runs from downtown Seattle to White Center and Shorewood.